Yoon, Jung-hyun; Lim, Song Soo - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-31, pp. 1-19
The paper analyzes the potential trade distortion effects of state trading enterprises (STEs) on soybean imports to Korea. Traditionally, STEs have exercised exclusive rights to import the so-called strategic products, to ensure food security, domestic price stabilization, and import mark-ups....